Friday, June 24, 2011

The ElevationThis is a typical Redemptoristine view of Mass.The nuns have a strict grill which St. Alphonsus gave themconsisting in a plate that is pierced with holes.The nuns may draw near the grill and peep through.This photo is somewhat blurred at the edge of a hole in the lattice.

The procession of the Hidden Manna.Vincenti dabo manna absconditum,et nomen novum, alleluia.To him who overcomes I will give the Hidden Manna,and a new name, Alleluia.(Laudes. Ant. V.)

Our Lord enthroned in the Choir.Cibavit nos Dominus ex adipe frumenti:et de petra, melle saturavit nos.Our Lord has fed us with the best of wheat,and with honey from the rock he has filled us.(Matins. Ant. VIII)

The Redemptoristine nuns take a fourth vow.It is the vow of Enclosure.Their enclosure is such that on every day of the year,except today,they do not easily or clearly see Our Lord because of theirenclosing lattice;the plate pierced with small holes.Enclosed souls feel this deprivation keenly.They offer this austerity as a sacrificeto obtain the conversion of sinnersand the salvation of the most abandoned souls.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Grant, O Lord, to Thy Church assurance of freedom and immunity from harm; give peace and order to all nations, and make the earth resound from pole to pole with one cry: Praise to the Divine Heart that wrought our salvation; to It be glory and honour for ever. Amen.

Southern Pole

Today, the feast of Corpus Christi, a procession was held in honour of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Holy Mass was celebrated by Fr. Rizzo, F.S.S.P. at the Carmelite convent in Christchurch.

Distributing Holy Communion to the nuns through the grill.

Adoramus te Christe!

The procession leaves the convent chapel...

...and processes around the grounds.

Praise to the Divine Heart that wrought our salvation;to It be glory and honour for ever!

Northern Pole

There was another procession on the other side of the world — Papa Stronsay.

We erected altars around the Monastery.

Scattering flower petals before Our Lord and God, Jesus Christ.

Praise to the Divine Heart that wrought our salvation;to It be glory and honour for ever!

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Today 100 years ago was the Coronation Day of King George V.Representing the then reigning Pope, St Pius X,at the coronation was the futureVenerable Pope Pius XII, the then Msgr Eugenio Pacelli.

Their Majesties King George V and Queen Mary after the Coronation.

Above: Tailors working on the ermine coronation robes. Below: A group of women working on the costumes worn at the ceremony.

One evening in 1936St Pio of Pietrelcinawas conversing with some friends in his cell. Among those present wereDr Guglielmo Sanguinetti and Angelo Lupi, who would respectively become the medical director and the builder of Padre Pio’s hospital years later.

In the middle of their conversation,Padre Pio suddenly interrupted the discourse with the words, “Let us pray for a soul soon toappear before the tribunal of God.” With that he bowed his head, and his guests, although astonished,knelt and joined him in prayer.

When they had finished,Padre Pio announced that they had beenpraying for the King of England.

The next morning, the news reached them of the death ofKing George Vthe previous evening.

Antisetimism

"Mark well that in the Catholic Mass, Abraham is our Patriarch and forefather. Antisemitism is incompatible with the lofty thought which that fact expresses. It is a movement with which we Christians can have nothing to do. No, no, I say to you it is impossible for a Christian to take part in Antisemitism. It is inadmissible. Through Christ and in Christ we are the spiritual progeny of Abraham. Spiritually, we [Christians] are all Semites."

Pope Pius XI

6 September 1938

Arms of the Royal House of Stuart

Arms of the Cardinal King Henry

King Henry IX of England, France and Ireland; King Henry I of Scotland; Defender of the Faith. 30 January 1788 - 26 September, 1803.